While the racers are driving through the tunnels, it seems every actor and actress is sweating, but in reality, all the actors and actresses used a bottle with water, to spray on themselves to create the look, this is in the bloopers and behind-the-scenes in the DVD.
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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According to biographers, this is Laurence Olivier's only foray into a 'horror' film. His other films such as Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) and Marathon Man (1976) were thrillers, but not actually the horror genre.
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The filmmakers believe that the film did not do so well because it was released around the same time as Love at First Bite (1979), a vampire/Dracula comedy film. That audiences weren't ready for a serious and gothic one.
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Unlike other Dracula adaptations, this one had Van Helsing die at the end. This was done so that Laurence Olivier wouldn't have to return in any sequel if the film became very successful to spawn one.
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There were two stipulations that Frank Langella insisted upon when accepting the role of Dracula in this movie. First, there would be no scenes with fangs dripping blood, and second, that Langella would not do any commercial promotions as Dracula.
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According to the book "Lights! Camera! Scream!" (1983) by Stephen Mooser, Dracula's castle in this movie was not a real-life location, but a glass matte painted by Visual Effects Guru Albert Whitlock.
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Director John Badham saw the stage production of "Dracula" with Frank Langella, and then went back at least four more times.
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Some bit players were dubbed by actor Teddy Turner (Swales).
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Van Helsing does not appear until about 45 minutes into the film.
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According to the DVD Documentary The Revamping of Dracula (2004), Donald Pleasence was a props actor who knew the movie game, and frequently would be seen utilizing props like a handkerchief or eating sweets from a bag, handling objects so his scenes would be difficult to edit due to the continuity issues that exist with handling objects between shots, thereby forcing more time on-screen, and reducing the chance of his scenes being cut out of the movie.
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Sir Laurence Olivier (Professor Van Helsing) was seriously ill during the making of this movie, and some cast and crew wondered whether he would be able to complete it. While working on this vampire movie, Olivier had a disease that caused him to bleed incessantly at the slightest nick or scratch.
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Most of Sylvester McCoy's role was deleted from the final print.
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Theatrical movie debut of Trevor Eve (Jonathan Harker).
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The participation of an actor of such prestige as Sir Lawrence Olivier in a monster movie had an impact on the industry and prompted a number of other highly esteemed actors to do the same. Perhaps the best example is Ghost Story (1981), the cast of which included such greats as Fred Astaire, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Melvyn Douglas, and John Houseman.
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Frank Langella has often commented that men have frequently said to him after seeing him as Dracula on stage or screen: "Boy, did my wife make love to me that night when she saw 'Dracula'."
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Jan Francis (Mina) arranged the dancing sequence featuring Dracula and Lucy. Francis was a professional dancer before she became an actress.
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The first Universal-produced Dracula adaptation, forty-eight years after the 1931 version.
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The names of Mina and Lucy are inverted in this version of Dracula. In Bram Stoker's book and other movies, Mina was Jonathan Harker's fiancé and Lucy was her friend who becomes a vampire. Here, Lucy is the fiancé and Mina becomes the vampire lady.
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For his medium-sized role as Professor Van Helsing, Laurence Olivier was paid $750,000.
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Dracula - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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